Description: Much of the anticipated future growth in the United States will take place in suburbia. The key challenge is how to accommodate this growth in a sustainable and resilient manner. This book explores the role of suburban tall as a viable, sustainable alternative to continued suburban sprawl. It examines ten spatial patterns in which tall buildings have been integrated into the American suburbs. The book furnishes planning strategies that address the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainable tall building development. It also discusses sustainable architectural design and site planning strategies and provides case studies of sustainable tall buildings that were successfully integrated into suburban settings.
Review Quotes: 'Kheir Al-Khodmany, the skyscraper savant, opens our eyes to the advent of new suburbanism in the form of tall buildings in inner suburbs. With penetrating analyses of high-rise structures in Washington, DC, Chicago, and Miami, he shows how sustainable development and suburbs need not be in conflict and lays out design guidelines for integrating towers into all types of suburban settlements.' David R. Godschalk, University of North Carolina, USA 'Meticulously researched and written by a scholar well versed in the field, the book is a refreshing and long-overdue work on the architectural and urban design implications of tall buildings related to suburbia. It provides an insightful account of wide-ranging issues encompassing the social and environmental aspects of tall building development - most importantly, sustainable architectural design and site planning strategies.' Mir M. Ali, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and author of Art of the Skyscraper 'Want to know how to use high-rise buildings to create better suburbs? Tall buildings expert Kheir Al-Kodmany hits controversies and challenges head on, discussing long-term masterplans, like the Washington Metro and Reston, Virginia and focusing on immediate issues of urban design, sustainable building systems, local approval strategy, and more. Al-Kodmany covers it all.' Lewis D. Hopkins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA